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Uruguay Player Could Miss WC After Madueke Clash

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Uruguay defender Joaquín Piquerez's participation in this summer's World Cup is in doubt after he sustained an ankle injury from a challenge with Noni Madueke at Wembley on Friday.

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Uruguay's team received bad news this Monday: Palmeiras confirmed that footballer Joaquín Piquerez broke his right ankle ligaments and should be surgically intervened.

The Uruguayan international Joaquín Piquerez suffered a ligament break and will have to undergo a surgical intervention just over two months after the World Cup, which Celeste will compete in the group of Spain, Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia, reported this Monday the Brazilian club Palmeiras.Piquerez passed exams on Sunday that confirmed the injury to the right ankle that was done during the friendly between Uruguay and England, disputed last Frid…

A hard blow shakes Marcelo Bielsa’s planning in the face of the World Cup. The left side of the Uruguayan National Team, Joaquín Piquerez, suffered a rupture of ligaments in his right ankle and was officially discarded to integrate the Celeste list into the World Cup, which begins in just 73 days. The injury occurred at the beginning of last Friday’s friendly encounter with England in Wembley. Palmeiras’s footballer became felt after Englishman …

The Uruguayan side, Joaquín Piquerez, suffered a ligament injury to the right ankle and will have to undergo surgery, reported Monday his club, Palmeiras of Brazil, so the World Cup can be missed. Last Friday, Piquerez, 27 years old, had to leave the field on a stretcher in the tie 1-1 between England and Uruguay in Wembley, a friendly preparation for the World Cup. Exams carried out on Sunday "confirmed" the "ligament rupture" of the left-hande…

The lateral-left of the Palmeiras Piquerez will need to undergo surgery in the next days, after examinations performed on Sunday (29) confirm that the player suffered a break in the links of the right round. The information was published by the pulist club on this Tuesday (30). The injury happened on Saturday (27), while the athlete defended the selection of Uruguay in a friend against England, Wembley. The Palmeiras reported that the whole proc…

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ESPN Brazil broke the news in Brazil on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
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